Petrological and geochronological constraints on regional metamorphism along the northern border of the Bitterroot batholith

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 753-764

  House, M A ^a,b   Hodges, K V ^a   Bowring, S A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitterroot; Boehls Butte; Core complex; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

BITTERROOT BATHOLITH; METAMORPHISM; THERMOBAROMETRY;

EID: 0031396977     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1997.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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